The human faces of the Category III film were often female. Actresses’ bodies and expressions were used not only on official—and therefore government-approved—advertising but also regularly featured in the mainland Chinese tabloid papers, in detailed lists of Category III movie highlights, right down to VCD time codes. Some Hong Kong actresses understandably did not enjoy being defined by their producers’ grubby demands, but some women became stars of the accommodating umbrella genre anyway.
This is the last of a series on Fangoria but their own links don’t work so I am bringing them together here:
A Guide To Hong Kong Category III Shockers:
Learned a lot reading some of these links. Thanks. I have more movies to watch.
That is the “problem” - the more you know, the more you need to see. At least those mentioned tend to be lore easily available but that drops away quickly. There’s some stuff that hasn’t seen a release since it was out on VHS (and some not even then).
Are there any titles you are specifically looking for?
Oh crumbs, I’d need to dig through the reference books for that. I know there are quite a few Chinese hopping vampire ones but they are rarely Category III. However, there’s a box en route from Hong Kong, so I’ll be kept busy for a while.